Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, I am opening this can of worms again. I personally would like to
> see this code activated, even if it does take 2x the disk space to alter
> a column. Hiroshi had other ideas. Where did we leave this? We have
> one month to decide on a plan.
I think the plan should be to do nothing for 7.1. ALTER DROP COLUMN
isn't an especially pressing feature, and so I don't feel that we
should be hustling to squeeze it in just before beta. We're already
overdue for beta.
regards, tom lane